THE EARLDOM OF ROSCOMMON
Head Constable Patrick H. Dillon, at present stationed here, is a
claimant to the title of Earl of Roscommon, his father, Henry Dillon,
deceased, having been a cousin in the male line and nephew in the female
line to Patrick Dillon, the former Earl.

PLUNDER OF MEAL
At two carts laden with Indian meal, belonging to Messrs. Hugh
Gallagher & Co., were proceeding last week to the Belmullet Workhouse they
were attacked by several men and six bags of meal forcibly taken away. The
carmen then hurried on to the police station, about a mile and a half
distant, where they reported the circumstances, and a party of the police
having gone with them to the neighbourhood of the outrage, nine men were
arrested in the act of cooking part of the plundered meal.

RETIREMENT OF COLONEL JACKSON OF THE CARBINEERS.
Colonel Jackson, commanding the Carbineers in the Limerick district,
has retired upon half-pay, after 44 years service. The gallant veteran
entered the Army 9th Oct., 1806 and purchased his troop, Majority and
Lieut.- Colonecy. Major Hay, also an old officer, has purchased the
Lieut.-Colonecy, after 42 years service. Colonel Jackson served in the
Peninsula, from April, 1809, to the end of the war in 1814, including the
battles of Oporto, Talavera, d'Onor, first siege of Badajoz, action at El
Bodon, siege and capture of Ciudad Rodrigo, siege and capture of Badajoz,
battles of Salamanca, Vittoria, Maya Pass, Pampeluna, Pyrenees, Nivelle,
Nive, and Bayonne. Present at Waterloo, and with the army of occupation in
France. Served in India and Arabia from 1819 to 1826, including the battle
of Beni-Boo All, as military secretary to Sir Lionel Smith, and for which
service, he was recommended by the Marquis of Hastings for the rank of
Lieut.-Colonel. He has received the War Medal, with six clasps for Badajoz,
Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle and Nive.

Colonel Sir Duncan M'Gregor, Inspector General of Constabulary, has
awarded one chevron each to Sub-Constables Wm. Corbett and Robert Hilton, of
Six-Mile-Bridge station, for their determined conduct in arresting Tomas and
Wm. Carroll, men of notorious character, on the 20th ult., and who assaulted
and inflicted injuries on the police at the time. His Excellency the Lord
Lieutenant has also expressed his appreciation of the conduct of the Sub
Constables.

A Roman Catholic Priest, connected with the county of Limerick, and who
is good authority upon the subject, stated in this city on Wednesday that at
least one-half the Roman Catholic population had diminished in Ireland
within the last six years, while the Protestants have increased in number.--
Limerick Chronicle.